February 1, 1960 Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworths lunch counter 4 college students The Greensboro 4 4 black young men Determined to end segregation Sat at a counter They would not leave until they were served They would not leave They returned the

im cold not like i need patchwork quilting 1 dainty foot exposed & it will make things all better im cold more like this Woman’s global warming has long left me & i need only your arms encircling my shoulders & prayers

JILLYBEAN DAYS, JACK THE RIPPER NIGHTS floetry by MaNGOD Redundant pundits stuck on standby, poppin’ off the same ole gumshit while I spread My flames and flyy in… Ointments of misrepresentation, I gets My larvae imbedded, word play the makin’ of maggot

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The New Me I feel stale, Quiet disposable and used… There is no newness, stuck in a bleak situation And I feel as though I’m climbing walls I don’t know who this is, The person I’ve become Detached from my human connection

Melody of Maudlin weep anew, my eyes generously weep, as I yearn my younger days weep, or homesickness would kill me atop the ruins of a fallen civilization these were the days the carefree the Abundance of hope weep and cry where

SATIVA REVOLUTIONS floetry by MaNGOD I was conversing with a Motswana, a Mosotho, a Burkinabe and a Nigerien as to whether Africans included the Egyptian and more importantly… What exactly is a doggone African? We gathered Intel by drum rather than internet,

Questioning Life Part 2 What if you were mute to the living world No one understands the coding of your language, Although your energy comes through waves, Your value is taken lightly The wisdom embedded within has been forthcoming And yet, no

i have been part of action’s course lived a sigh in recourse felt it smoothed out undisturbed so it is time high…. that i be granted my form of fantasy (one therein is no shame) a spell spelling out each letter of

As the clock turns twelve Listening to an infomercial I can only wonder What this new year will hold As the fireworks pop And the gunfire rings out How many of us Will not see this time Next year Will life change

OPOSTOSY floetry by MaNGOD Hinduism, Christian, Islamic religion, I divorce Myself of all of them and renew My acquaintance with the temple of the kingdom of heaven within Tithes and offerings of fruits and

Another year has come and gone 365 days of misery for some Joy for others Yet we all have had to survive Bodies continued to fall Whether by nature Or by the hands of man We all grieved in some fashion Racism

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